I took these photos while standing on the sidewalk in front of my apartment building.

Although you can't really see it in these pictures, the Cultural Education Center, which houses the State Archives (and the State Library and State Museum) is situated at the bottom right of each of these photos.

The fireworks lasted only ten minutes or so -- just long enough for me to grab my camera and take a few pictures to document the event.

1 comment:

I'm curious as to what holiday the "holiday tree" is celebrating. Currently 3 religions are celebrating a holy day unique to them. Only one of them uses a "holiday tree" as part of their festivities. One religion sacrifices a live animal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_ul-Adha

and the other religion celebrates a military victoryhttp://hanukkah.123holiday.net/hanukkah_traditions.html

can't we just call the "holiday tree" what it really is and that is it is a CHRISTMAS TREE!

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. . . is Bonnie Weddle, a mildly workaholic electronic records archivist. This blog is a (partial) record of the life of a working archivist, and in it you'll find information about electronic records issues, government transparency, open records laws, archival security, New York State history, and other abiding concerns. And because even a workaholic archivist needs to get out of the processing room every now and then, you'll find the occasional travelogue and off-topic post.

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